wirtelig

German

Etymology

From Latin verticillātus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪʁtəlɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪʁtəlɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: wir‧te‧lig

Adjective

wirtelig (strong nominative masculine singular wirteliger, comparative wirteliger, superlative am wirteligsten)

  1. (chiefly botany) whorled
  2. (chiefly botany) verticillate

Declension

  1. Acremonium zeae besitzt zartwandige Konidienträger mit spärlicher basiton wirteliger VerzweigungAcremonium zeae possesses thin-walled conidiophores with sparingly basitonous verticillate branching

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